The night was terrible, that is, on that terrible night, my father said that he had figured out a lot of things.

Zhao Xun is the same, which also strengthens Zhao Xun's desire to go south to teach.

Relying on the wall that was spread by the fire, Zhao Xun and his father spent a difficult night like this.

Although this night was such a long time in Zhao Xun's heart, the sun would still rise the next day.

Sure enough, just as a beam of hot sunlight pierced into the house, Zhao Xun and his father opened their eyes almost at the same time.

After a long night's baptism, there was not much left of the pungent smell of burnt in the house.

Even the water curtain cave, which had been drenched all night, stopped working at this moment, and what remained was more of a great sadness after the fire.

In addition to grief, Zhao Xun received a call from the property, and they said that the electrical circuit of the house was barely repaired.

It's just that the next repair work is afraid that they need to be responsible for themselves, after all, this fire is man-made.

On the phone, Zhao could feel the property's complaints about this matter, and they were even worried that the fire would have too much negative impact on them.

After a few hasty words, he hung up the phone decisively.

In fact, that scene Zhao Zhao guessed sooner or later.

In this world, everyone is the sun and the moon.

On the side where the sun does not shine, the darkness of the moon always comes unexpectedly.

And such a fate, Zhao Xun can't get rid of it.

Zhao's bedroom was next to the kitchen, so at this time, there was nothing left except the outline of a large iron bed.

Suddenly, Zhao Xun thanked her for the colorful prayer flags that he gave her as a souvenir when he left quietly.

The pure white walls that were painted by hand have become mottled by now.

Even Zhao Xun can no longer imagine what this idealistic and ambitious wall looked like in the first place?

My father went back to his bedroom, and after a while, he took out the old radio that had been precious for decades.

The father paced to Zhao Xun's side, and Zhao Xun was surprised to see that the radio was intact.

"Dad, is the radio all right?"

"Well, the radio is still there, but I don't know if it will be used in the future."

This life is always full of too many regrets.

Just like Zhao Xun hadn't really looked at the house again, it would disappear in an instant.

After discussing it, I decided to move back to the old house, and my father always chattered that he was lucky to keep the radio.

Yes, that radio simply carried too much of my father's money, and now I can't buy it even for a big price.

Lying on the clay kang that had not yet had time to be cleaned up, his father actually said that he felt like he had returned to his ancestors.

It was also the first time in Zhao Xun's life that he saw his father smoking.

Zhao Xun had all kinds of feelings in his heart, I don't know whether it was the smoke that whitened his father's hair, or the hallucinations produced under the dim light, the strands of gray hair all depicted the vicissitudes of the years and the hardships of his father bit by bit.

When he was young, his father basically didn't smoke cigarettes, except for alcohol.

Now looking at my father's skillful technique, the index finger and middle finger are constantly exchanged, one after another.

My father sucked it in deeply, and then slowly spit it out, as if he wanted to remember the taste deeply.

The smoke rings flashed in the air and lingered in arcs, refusing to fade away for a long time, causing my father to cough violently.

"If you can't smoke it, don't smoke it!"

After a long time, my father stopped coughing and said slowly:

"How can you say you don't want what you buy with money?"

Looking at his father's thin back, Zhao Xun's heart was full of pantothenic acid, and his hair tightened for a while......

There are not many furnishings in the old house, and it is said that it is to live, but it is reluctant.

When it comes to life, there are a lot of things that need to be purchased.

Today's Zhao Xun is tantamount to an unemployed vagrant, and the decoration of the old house is tantamount to a large amount of huge money that has weighed heavily on Zhao Zhao's backbone.

When he first wanted to move to live in the building, his father repeatedly insisted on removing all the furniture in the house that could be moved, and even some tables, chairs and benches that had been used for decades.

Zhao Xun and his younger brother both knew that it was because their father was reluctant to let the children spend an extra penny.

But what's the use? Who would have thought that a merciless fire would burn their bodies to the ground.

Now all that remains in the old house are some old pale yellow wood cabinets.

I remember that in the past, my younger brother seemed to have pestered and asked his father, why are other people's wooden cabinets all red, but ours is yellow?

The father gasped deeply and said:

"The cabinet was built with my best friend back then, and it was also your mother's favorite style and color, and it was precisely because of this that I had a later home."

But at that time, Zhao Xun didn't understand whether the so-called "your mother" in his father's mouth was his mother or his younger brother's mother.

Because in Zhao Xun's memory, this yellow wooden cabinet has indeed existed since the day she can remember.

It's just that now, its color is getting lighter and lighter, but the texture is getting darker and darker......

After a simple placement, Zhao Xun still decided to tell his younger brother who was far away in Beijing about the news.

In order not to worry his younger brother too much, Zhao Xun stopped talking.

The history of the fire was simply brought along.

Zhao Xun said that he was afraid that his father would not be able to smell the pungent smoky smell, so he moved back to the old house with his father for the time being.

Zhao Xun greeted Ziyi on the phone.

Little Happy didn't know that from that corner, she heard her aunt's voice, so she stumbled and ran over, shouting, asking her aunt to come to Beijing to accompany her.

The father was still immersed in yesterday's grief, afraid that he would show something on the phone, and quietly slipped out of the yard.

After an hour or so, Zhao Xun received a transfer message from his younger brother.

Although the money is not much, it is enough for the current life.

There are not many people in the town, and a simple sentence of "chickens laying eggs" can be summoned as "the roosters of so-and-so have begun to lay eggs".

So in less than three hours after Zhao Xun and his father moved back to the old house, the courtyard and the door were crowded with people eating melons.

Of course, there must be neighbors who are really sad about this.

They all covered their noses, and they all showed that they were extremely sad.

And my father sat on the stone steps in the courtyard, looking at the blue sky without saying a word.

Fortunately, Zhao Xun found some old clothes in the previous utility room and comforted his father for a long time, and his father was willing to change out of the yellowed cloth clothes that were smoked by thick smoke.

encountered such a big change, and I was glad that my father was okay.

However, life has to go on!

Zhao went to pack a box of crispy pork rice for his father at a restaurant closest to his home.

After lunch, my father came up with something he hadn't said in twenty years.

Of course, before that, this sentence was seen as a forbidden word for this family.

"Let's go see your mother at the grave tomorrow!"

"My mother?"

The father highlighted this remark, and while he was stunned, Zhao Xun's eyes widened.

"Didn't you go there once when you graduated from high school? Remember where it was! ”

"Remember, remember!"

Zhao Xun nodded frequently.

The grievances and grievances of the fathers' generation, although Zhao Xun has heard about it again, as a child, Zhao Xun also feels that he has no right to intervene.

What's more, the deceased is gone, even if all the fault lies with the father?

There's no going back.

It took Zhao to buy some necessary daily necessities to the old house.

Towards evening, my father said he wanted to go out alone.

At first, Zhao Xun was a little worried, but seeing that his father insisted repeatedly, he had to tell his father to come back early.

After his father went out, Zhao Xun's eyelids kept jumping.

I heard people say that the left eyelid jumps for wealth, and the right eyelid jumps for disaster.

But her left and right eyelids kept jumping.

Simply, Zhao Xun also went out with his father.

My father's legs and feet are usually not very good, but today he is exceptionally brisk.

Zhao Xun followed closely behind his father, but as soon as he walked out of the gate, he disappeared.

Zhao Xun started to panic a little.

If it was placed in normal times, Zhao Xun would not have much worry, but now is an extraordinary period.

When such a big thing suddenly happened at home, my father's mood must be terrible!

Zhao Xun walked all the way along the old alley, but the chess and card stalls in front of the convenience store had already scattered and were empty.

Zhao looked around, but he couldn't see his father.

Convenience stores are often crowded with people, and Zhao wants to try his luck in there.

But it just so happened that on this day, there was no one in the convenience store, and even the boss was called out by Zhao Xun.

The owners of this shop used to be an old couple, but now it is a young man who has come out.

Because he was anxious to find his father, Zhao didn't have time to do a homely job, so he went straight to the topic.

"Hello, I want to inquire with you, my dad came out by himself just now, I can't find him now, about seventy years old, the same height as me, did you see him coming from here?"

The young man waved his hand slowly, and said:

"I'm sorry, we were having dinner just now, and everyone at the stall at the door dispersed early, so I really didn't see the person you said."

Originally, Zhao Xun thought that he could get some news in the convenience store, but he didn't expect to hit a wall now.

At this time, Zhao Xun was in turmoil.

After coming out of the convenience store, the alley was unusually silent.

Zhao Xun had no choice but to go home temporarily to see if his father would have gone home first.

Just when Zhao Xun was about to arrive at the door, Zhao Xun saw a familiar figure at the other end of the alley.

At this time, the alley was already dark.

Zhao Xun quickened his pace, and when he came in, he was really his father!

"Dad!"

The father seemed to hear Zhao Xun's voice, so he responded:

"Hey."

After approaching, seeing that his father seemed to have something in his hand, Zhao Xun took it.

And what my father was holding in his hand was a thick stack of "paper money".